What is the narrator's name, gender, and age in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? | eNotes What is the narrator's name, gender, and age in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird? dbrooks22 | High School Teacher | (Level 3) Assistant Educator Posted on January 21, 2009 at 3:11 AM The narrator is Jean Louise Finch, otherwise known as Scout in the story. She is Atticus's daughter. Scout is six years old when the novel begins and is eight when it ends. However, the narrator is a much older, mature Scout. She is an adult telling the story as she remembers it as a child. Since the narrator is an adult, the reader has a better understanding of the lessons and events that Scout went through as a child. This is a technique that Harper Lee uses to get an adult's viewpoint through a child's voice. like 2 dislike 1 readerofbooks | College Teacher | (Level 2) Educator Emeritus Posted on August 10, 2015 at 4:08 AM The narrator of the story is Scout. Her full name is Jean Louise Finch.

The story takes place from 1933-1935 when Scout was six to eight years old. What is most important to note is that she is telling the story as an adult. So, even though she is writing from a first person account, she is recounting the events as an adult. Scout is not an omniscient narrator, but she is reliable, because she is telling the story from retrospect. The time difference, unfortunately, is never given in the novel. Another important point to keep in mind is that Scout is recounting first-hand events. Not only did the events of the book take place in her life, she was at the center of it. For example, Atticus, the one who defended Tom Robinson, was her father. From this perspective, what we have is a reliable narrator who lived through the events and who is speaking from the vantage point of maturity. Sources: What is the symbolism of a mockingbird and finch? | eNotes What is the symbolism of a mockingbird and finch?

missy575 | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted on May 3, 2010 at 12:25 AM To add to the reply above, I think it is important to note that Harper Lee's mother's maiden name was Finch. Lee used all of her mother's name in her book. To me, this shows that her mother was very important to her. Yet the character Scout our narrator lost her mother at a young age. With the finch being an innocent songbird, I often wonder if whatever struggles her own real mother had in life she tried to symbolize in her book by allowing her mother to die young. I think she certainly created her own family (Jem, Scout and Atticus) to be an innocent crew. They are disconnected as characters from the racial tension that occurs throughout the book and are named Finches. like 2 dislike 0 mstultz72 | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Emeritus Posted on May 2, 2010 at 8:54 PM Both are songbirds who belong to other songbird families. Both make beautiful music and do no harm to other birds or farmers' crops.

These are symbolic of the Finch family, Dolphus, Tom, and Boo. (See below) They are contrasted by the bluejays, who are considered pests. They do not make music; instead, they harm farmers' crops. They travel alone. This is symbolic of Bob Ewell in the novel. From my New Oxford American Dictionary: A finch is "a seed-eating songbird that typically has a stout bill and colorful plumage." The true finches belong to the family Fringillidae (the finch family), which includes chaffinches, canaries, linnets, crossbills, etc. Many other finches belong to the bunting, waxbill, or sparrow families. A mockingbird is "a long-tailed thrushlike songbird with grayish plumage, found mainly in tropical America and noted for its mimicry of the calls and songs of other birds." The mockingbird family also includes the catbirds, thrashers, and tremblers. like 1 dislike 0 January 11, 2012 at 8:27 AM Scout, Jem and Atticus are all part of the Finch family.

A finch is also a type of bird which is symbolic to their family. A finch is a small bird that is very vulnerable to predators such as cats and larger birds (whateats). The finch family is actually very vulnerable too. Maycomb is a very racist town to black people. When Atticus tries to defend Tom Robinson; a black, the people are very mean to the Finch’s. When the Finch’s have their Christmas with the wrest of their family, Scout’s cousin, Francis calls Atticus a “nigger-lover” repeatedly (83-84). He means this as an insult because he is racist to black people. The family is also vulnerable to murderers. In chapter 28, Bob Ewell attempts to kill Jem and Scout because Atticus was defending against him. In chapter 15, a mob attempts to kill Atticus the night before the trial. The finch and the Finch family are both vulnerable to hatred. The finch symbol relates to the theme of diversity in the book. The finch bird is a species that has many sub-species which are very different from the other.

The species is very diverse in the sense that one sub-species could be very unlike another, yet they all come from the same family; finch. This symbol represents the diversity of the people of Maycomb. “There's four kinds of folks in the world. There's the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there's the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes” says Jem (). The people are very different in the way they live. There are people like the Finch’s, who have a nice home and food to eat. There are people who live in dumps, like the Ewells, who have to hunt for food or find it in dumps. There are also the black people, who live separate from the white and go to different churches. They live scared because of the racism from the white. The Finch’s are especially different because they are not racist like most of the town. The people in Maycomb are very diverse and so the finch bird species, which is why it relates to this theme.

like 0 dislike 0 To Kill a Mockingbird Characters | GradeSaver Buy Study Guide Scout (Jean Louise Finch) The narrator and main character who begins her story at almost six years old. A rebellious tomboy, Scout has a fierce disposition toward any who challenge her, but at heart she believes in the goodness of people. Scout reacts to the terrible events of the book without losing hope in humanity. Jem (Jeremy Finch) Scout's older brother, who is nearly ten at the beginning of the story. Jem is quieter and more reserved than his sister, and has very high standards and expectations for people. When these expectations are not met, Jem has a difficult time resolving his feelings. Dill (Charles Baker Harris) A friend of the Finch children, who is a little older than Scout, quite short for his age, has an active imagination, and exhibits a strong sense of adventure. He initiates the first expeditions toward the Radley house, and is Scout's best friend. His family life is less than ideal, and he tends to resort to escapism when confronted with difficult situations. Dill spends summers with his aunt, who lives next door to the Finch family.

Atticus Finch The father of Scout and Jem, Atticus is a lawyer and an extremely morally upright man who strives to deal with everyone fairly. Atticus is sometimes overly optimistic, but his unshakable hope in mankind and self-created role as the town 'do-gooder' sustain him. Atticus' wife died when Scout was very small, and he has raised his children only with the assistance of Calpurnia, his black housekeeper and cook. Boo Radley A recluse who never emerges from his house. As a young boy, he was in trouble with the police, and his strictly religious and reclusive parents have kept him indoors ever since. A prisoner in his home, he stabbed his father with scissors once, and no one has seen him since. The town has developed a myth that he is an insane monster who wanders around at night peering into people's windows. Throughout the book, he lives with his brother, who is highly controlling. Tom Robinson A black man who stands falsely accused of raping Mayella Ewell. Atticus agrees to take his case, even though he knows it is probably hopeless, if only to show the white community its own moral degeneracy.

Calpurnia A black woman who works as the Finch family's cook and housekeeper. She is one of the many motherly figures in Scout's life and one of the few who can negotiate between the very separate black and white worlds of Maycomb. Aunt Alexandra Atticus's sister, who has very strict, traditional ideas of how society works and the role a Southern woman should play. She earneslty tries to pass along this information to Scout, who is not particularly interested. Alexandra is concerned with raising Atticus's children "properly," and thus appears during the summer of Tom's trial to stay with them. Maudie Atkinson A kind, cheerful, and witty neighbor and trusted friend of Scout's, who also upholds a strong moral code and helps the children gain perspective on the events surrounding the trial. She also loves gardening. Bob Ewell An evil, ignorant man who belongs to the lowest substratum of Maycomb society. He lives with his nine motherless children in a shack near the town dump. Evidence from the trial suggests that he caught his daughter kissing Tom, proceeded to beat her, and then encouraged her to claim Tom raped her. He drinks heavily and spends his relief checks on whiskey rather than food for his family.

Bob holds a strong grudge against Atticus and attacks his children at the end of the novel. Mayella Ewell The oldest of the many Ewell children, at age nineteen. She lives a miserable and lonely existence, despised by whites and prohibited from befriending blacks. However, she breaks a social taboo by trying to seduce Tom, then reacts with cowardice by accusing him of rape and perjuring against him in court. Heck Tate Atticus Finch | To Kill A Mockingbird Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Gregory Peck plays Atticus Finch. Atticus Finch is a fictional character who is one of the main characters in the 1960/1962 book/film To Kill A Mockingbird. Finch is determined and dedicated to trying to protect Maycomb County from racism and bigotry, as well as protecting his young children, Jem (11) & Scout (6), from prejudice. Unlike most Caucasian Southern men portrayed in the novel, Finch is someone who openly speaks out against racism, making him the main protagonist.

Background Finch, as a lawyer, is asked to take a legal case that involves defending Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of abusing a 19-year-old Caucasian female named Mayella Ewell. Eventually, the news of his accepting the case spreads around town and puts Atticus in a negative light, leaving Jem and Scout angry about it. Atticus forbids Scout from fighting with the other kids. Once Walter Cunningham Jr., a child that Scout fought with, is invited to dinner, Atticus says that it is "a sin to kill a mockingbird", referring to the temptations to go after birds once children got their first guns. In the trial, Mr. Bob Ewell (the father of Mayella) and Mayella herself, state that Tom Robinson had abused her. But there becomes more and more evidence that Robinson is innocent. The most profound piece of evidence is that Robinson cut his left hand (from his point of view) in a cotton gin and could not use it anymore, while Mayella had bruise marks on the left side of her face from someone else's point of view (making it her right). However, despite the fact that Robinson's evidence is profound, the case is won by the Ewells.

Finch is later dismayed to find that Robinson was shot dead while trying to escape from a jail after the case was won. Finch decides to drive to the Robinson's house and tell Tom's mother about the tragic news. Personality Finch is the main symbol of justice for both the novel and the film. He has a great devotion to anti-racism and thinks that a white man is "trash" if the man ever cheats a black man. Finch is nice and considerate to everyone, no matter how they treat him, and despite the fact that his defending a black man costs him a few friendships, he still takes the case and tries to do as much as he can for Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird Characters from LitCharts | The creators of SparkNotes Minor Characters Calpurnia The Finches' black cook, she essentially raised Scout and Jem. Atticus considers her family. Calpurnia is strict but loving. As a child, Scout resents Calpurnia's rules and restrictions, but as she grows she comes to recognize and respect Calpurnia for her strength, intelligence, and kindness.

Miss Maudie Atkinson A widowed neighbor of the Finches' and a childhood friend of Atticus, Alexandra, and Jack. Miss Maudie Atkinson is a friend and confidante to the Finch children. Her moral outlook is similar to Atticus's. She loves flowers and nature. Aunt Alexandra Atticus and Jack's sister, and Scout and Jem's aunt. Alexandra is stern and often haughty, and she believes in the importance of social class and gender roles. Tom Robinson A black man accused of rape by Bob Ewell, and defended by Atticus. Tom is a family man, father, and churchgoer. He does not have the use of his left arm. Bob Ewell Mayella's father and the patriarch of the poor, vicious Ewell clan who live in an old cabin near the town dump. Ewell is thoroughly awful, a man who buys alcohol while letting his children go hungry. Mayella Ewell Bob Ewell's daughter and oldest child. Lonely, friendless, and the only woman in her family, Mayella accuses Tom Robinson of raping her.

Uncle Jack How To Kill A Mockingbird Jeopardy Template What is the house that Scout must run past everyday coming home from school? The Radley's What is Tom Robinson accused Of? Rape Who is the Family of the Main Character, Scout? The Finchs Who is the Narrator of the Story? Scout Finch What does Atticus say it's a sin to do? To Kill a Mockingbird What does scout first find in the Knot hole? Two pieces of gum Who did Tom Robinson Supposedly Rape? Mayella Ewell Who is the poorest family in all of Maycomb? The Cunninghams Who is the Recluse that Scout and Jem Keep bugging? Boo Radley Who is the maid that works for the Finchs? Calpurnia Who does scout beat up for getting her into trouble? Walter Cunningham What part of Tom Robinson's body is Disabled? His arm Who's family is infamous for going to school on the first day, but skipping every other day? The Ewells Who is Atticus Defending In Court? Tom Robinson What is Atticus Finch's Job? Lawyer Who's house did scout sneak up to touch?

Boo Radley's What was the verdict of the trial in the court case? Guilty Who is the family of the man, Tom, Who is up for trial? The Robinsons Who accused Tom of raping his daughter? Bob Ewell What part of Jem's body did he break at the beginning of the book His Arm What does scout buy in town with Jem's money A Baton What was Tom Robinson trying to do when he was shot? Escape Jail Who is The family that Scout and Jem Keep bugging? The Radleys Who stabbed and Killed Bob Ewell? Boo Radley Who's house was Burnt Down? Miss Maudie's 'Mockingbird' film at 50: Lessons on tolerance, justice, fatherhood hold true - CNN.com 'Mockingbird' film at 50: Lessons on tolerance, justice, fatherhood hold true By Katie McLaughlin, CNN Updated 1:12 PM ET, Fri February 3, 2012 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.

Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' The book "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published July 11, 1960. In 2014, it became an e-book for the first time . The novel by Harper Lee was turned into a movie staring Gregory Peck, left, as Atticus Finch and Brock Peters as Tom Robinson. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Atticus and Scout – Gregory Peck and Mary Badham as Atticus and his daughter, Scout. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Jem, Dill, and Scout – Jem and Dill push Scout in the tire. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Scout – Mary Badham as Scout Finch. Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Scout gives a lynch mob a crisis of conscience – The children, having followed Atticus to the jail, help turn away an angry crowd.

Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch – Atticus Finch sits outside the jailhouse to protect Tom Robinson. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Atticus and Tom – The courthouse in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, is packed. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Atticus and the jury – Atticus Finch delivers his closing argument to the jury. Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Collin Wilcox as Mayella Violet Ewell – The character of Mayella Violet Ewell takes the stand, testifying that Tom Robinson raped and beat her. Hide Caption Photos: The legacy of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Boo and Scout – Robert Duvall as Boo Radley on the porch swing with Scout.

Hide Caption Actress Mary Badham ("Scout") called Gregory Peck "Atticus" until the day he died Badham: "Mockingbird" teaches about being a father, being a family, being a community "Mockingbird" author Harper Lee remains a confidante of Peck's daughter, Cecilia Cecilia Peck on her father: "As much as he put of himself into the role, Atticus became him" "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin'." One of the greatest lines in Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," as well as the film adaptation of the same name, was spoken by the Rev. Sykes as attorney Atticus Finch exited the fictional Maycomb, Alabama, courtroom. Black spectators, relegated to the courthouse balcony, stood in solidarity with the courageous white lawyer who had defended Tom Robinson, an African-American man wrongly accused of rape in the 1930s Deep South. Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, Atticus' young daughter, watching from the so-called colored balcony, was prodded by the reverend to do the same.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is the story of single dad Atticus Finch and his family, as told from the standpoint of Scout. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the film phenomenon. The title comes from the scene in which Atticus explains how when his father gave him a rifle as a boy, he told him that he could shoot blue jays, but it was a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds "don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest in the corncribs, they don't do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us." The movie was released earlier this week as a special DVD/Blu-ray combo pack in honor of the 50th anniversary, and one of the extras is the film's trailer, in which actor Gregory Peck says, "The world never seems as fresh and wonderful, as comforting and terrifying, as good and evil as it does when seen through the eyes of a child." Atticus Finch is one of the greatest fictional dads of all time, and in honor of the film's half-century mark, both his daughters spoke to CNN.

That is, Peck's real life daughter, Cecilia Peck, and the actress who played Scout, Mary Badham. By all accounts, Peck, who won the Academy Award for his portrayal of Atticus, embodied his character's values on and off screen. "He was an Atticus," Cecilia Peck said. "He really was that kind of father to me and my brothers. I believe that he was always very much like Atticus but I think that doing the film when we were very young made him become even more that way and I think as much as he put of himself into the role, Atticus became him, too." Badham, who called Gregory Peck "Atticus," said her onscreen father "was such a great daddy. He was such a great role model and he was so much like my own father. When my own father died two years after I got married, Atticus stepped up. It was wonderful. I'd pick up the phone and he'd be on the other end, 'Whatcha doin', kiddo?' 'How're ya doin?' I'd visit with his family, which I still do. It was a great relationship." Mary Badham as Jean Louise "Scout" Finch.

Badham also said actor Brock Peters, who played Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird," served as a father figure as well. "I kid people and say I had reverse Oreo daddies because I had my daddy and Gregory Peck and Brock Peters," said Badham. Brock Peters and Gregory Peck remained close friends. When Peck died in 2003 at age 87, it was Peters who delivered the eulogy. Cecilia Peck noted that her father was "so much like his characters in his films. I am so fortunate that he was just that kind of person. He had great integrity, he had great dignity, and he was a true humanitarian." Cecilia Peck Cecilia said that "To Kill a Mockingbird" resonates as a family story and as a father/daughter story. "It looks at that question of being a single parent and how you balance your parenting with your work life," she said, "it just speaks to people on so many levels." Cecilia was the youngest of Gregory Peck's five children, and the only girl, "so he was very protective, he was very strict with me," she said.

"He placed a lot of value on the importance of education. We all have college degrees -- I'm sure we would have anyway -- but education was highly valued in our house. He was strict but fair. He was so loving. Even though he was working so hard when we were growing up, he was always there at school for our sports events and our little school productions. We went on location with him as much as we could. We were a very close family." Cecilia got to work with her father twice. She played his daughter in "The Portrait" and made a documentary about him called "A Conversation with Gregory Peck," which is included on the new Blu-ray 50th anniversary disc. Cecilia called it "a very personal film about him that probably expresses more eloquently my feelings about my father than I ever could in words." Badham, who turns 60 this year and is now a mother and a grandmother, said that "To Kill a Mockingbird" "set the standard for how I wanted to parent. It serves as a model for how to live one's life. There are a lot of people who have done that.

They've taken this book and this film and modeled their lives after it because it has all of life's lessons included in it that we just don't seem to have learned yet. It's one of the greatest books and movies in teaching about being a father, about what it is to be a family and what it is to be a community. It's just brilliant for that." Mary Badham today. Cecilia, 53, was just a toddler when "Mockingbird" was filmed, but she said she has a few memories of Gregory Peck bringing her on-set. "I remember being in his arms and dancing with him at the wrap party on the back lot of Universal Studios," she recalled. "I was a toddler so I don't remember the whole experience but I have a few images, and then I have lifelong friendships that came from that time -- with Mary Badham and also with Harper Lee.

I was also very close to [producer] Alan Pakula and [director] Bob Mulligan for their whole lives as well as Brock Peters and [screenwriter] Horton Foote and really everyone who was part of it -- they were all like family." Badham's hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, is 200 miles north of Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama -- the inspiration for Maycomb, the fictional town where "To Kill a Mockingbird" took place between 1932 and 1935. In the DVD commentary, director Mulligan (who passed away in 2008) noted that they didn't film on location in Monroeville because "the town no longer existed." Mulligan had taken hundreds and hundreds of photographs down South so as to ensure he got the atmosphere, from houses to the plants in people's gardens, just right. The Universal Studios back lot consisted of a village of period buildings. An exact replica of the Monroeville courthouse was created. The houses -- including the Finch house -- were actually old Southern-style Pasadena bungalows that were being torn down to make way for a freeway.

"Mockingbird" was a prestigious assignment for the director because the book had been a best-seller, "but it was a best-seller with a moral, which Hollywood doesn't always like," said Raymond Foery, professor of film studies at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, who applauded the director for remaining "faithful to the tone of the book." Badham had no acting experience when she was cast as Scout. She was 9 years old at the time but small for her age, which was fortunate because her character aged from 6 to 9 through the duration of the film. Mulligan said he was seeking Southern children to portray Atticus' son and daughter, Jem and Scout, and that he specifically did not wish to work with Hollywood actors because he believed they "lose their sense of childhood at around [age] 8." Badham recalled a happy, fun-loving set that was "like playtime every day." She recalled fighting like real siblings with actor Phillip Alford, who played Jem. "They'd let a lot of that stuff go because it made it more real when we were working together on film," said Badham.

"They didn't interfere with those fights or anything." On one occasion, Alford was spinning Badham in a tire and aimed her toward a utility truck off-camera. As a result, the famous scene where Scout rolls into town recluse Boo Radley's yard actually contains a stunt double. The famous tire scene. "I survived, but after that they put a stunt double in, so you'll see me in the beginning and at the very end," Badham recalled. Harper Lee often visited the set, and remains a close friend of Cecilia's. "Harper became a confidante and adviser to me," Cecilia said. "When I was studying literature in college, I would call her to talk about books; and when my son was born, we named him Harper. She would come to read to him when he was a baby. It's a lifelong relationship." Lee based the character of Dill Harris, Scout and Jem's partner-in-Boo-Radley-tormenting-crime, on her real-life childhood friend, Truman Capote.

In Mary McDonagh Murphy's documentary film, " Hey Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' ," narrator Bob Mayer said "the movie amplified the novel and rode the wave of the civil rights movement." At the time, Birmingham was the center of the civil rights battle. In 1961, just months before the film's release, activists known as Freedom Riders were hopping aboard buses in the North to challenge segregation in the Deep South. In spring 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led demonstrations in Birmingham that eventually led to the end of segregation in the United States. Historian Diane McWhorter was a classmate of Mary Badham's. The entire fifth grade class attended a "To Kill a Mockingbird" screening upon the film's release. In "Hey Boo," McWhorter recalled being upset that Atticus didn't get Tom Robinson off, because he was clearly innocent.

But she noted that, because of her 1950s-1960s Deep South upbringing, she was "upset about being upset." McWhorter thought that "by rooting for a black man, you were kind of betraying every principle that you had been raised to believe." McWhorter recalled thinking, "What would my father think if he saw me fighting back these tears when Tom Robinson gets shot?" because, at the time, "to be crying for a black man was so taboo." She recalled "confronting the difficulty that Southerners have in going against people that they love." Racism was the norm in 1930s Alabama, where Atticus couldn't convince a jury to acquit Tom Robinson, and it remained prevalent in 1960s Alabama. Cecilia Peck said "To Kill a Mockingbird" "resonates on so many levels. It deals with the issues of racial injustice in a way that enables a dialogue that's so important still today." Badham noted in "Hey Boo" that racism, bigotry and ignorance haven't gone anywhere, and "this is not a black and white America, 1920s issue.

These are issues that are global." She said "To Kill a Mockingbird" "went a long way towards helping with the societal changes that we've been through since then." The book that accompanies the DVD also includes several pages from Gregory Peck's "To Kill a Mockingbird" shooting script, including the actor's own notes and scribbles. On the very last page of the script, he simply wrote the words: fairness, stubbornness, courage, love. Overall, Atticus taught his children fairness and the importance of accepting people from all walks of life. When Scout makes fun of her backwoods classmate, Walter Cunningham, for pouring syrup over his entire meal and expresses a curiosity over Boo Radley's rumored morbid ways, Atticus gently reminds her that "you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ...

until you climb into his skin and walk around in it." This brings up two subtle but notable scenes from the film that hinge on the word "hey." In the scene where Atticus is standing guard outside Tom Robinson's jail cell, it is Scout who diffuses the situation by picking out Walter's father from among the lynch mob and asking him to tell Walter she said "hey." At the very end of the film, when Scout realizes the mysterious man who saved her and Jem's lives is Boo (Robert Duvall in his dialogue-less screen debut), she looks at him, and says "Hey Boo." In a way, the word "hey" is code for, "we're equal." Boo Radley and Scout Finch. While Atticus was always straightforward with his kids, never mincing words, like any parent, he desperately wanted to keep them out of harm's way. Atticus' line to Jem after the boy encountered a drunken Bob Ewell sums it up perfectly: "There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you.

That's never possible." To Kill a Mockingbird Characters: The Finch Family & More To Kill a Mockingbird: Characters written by: Jessica Cook • edited by: SForsyth • updated: 10/23/2013 Do you have a hard time keeping track of all the residents of Maycomb County? If so, look no further. Contains a description of the major and minor characters in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. slide 1 of 3 Introduction When you read To Kill a Mockingbird, it might be easy to keep track of Scout, Jem, and Dill. Maybe you're even familiar with Atticus and Calpurnia, and perhaps Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are also easy to remember. But those are only a few of the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird; what about the rest? If you need help remembering the cast of characters from Harper Lee's novel, keep this study guide handy. It will assist you in keeping track of the To Kill a Mockingbird characters as you read. slide 2 of 3 The Finch Family The main characters in this novel are part of the Finch family.

They include: 1) Jean Louise Finch, aka "Scout." Scout is the narrator of the novel; at the start, she is an adult looking back on her childhood. During the bulk of the novel, she is six to nine years old. Scout's narration of the novel is based on the perspective of a child, and a child's interpretation of the events. Therefore, as you read the novel, you have to consider her credibility in reporting the facts of those times. 2) Jeremy Finch, aka "Jem." Jem is Scout's big brother; he is between the ages of 10 and 13 for the events of the novel. Jem goes through a significant change during the book, trying to come into his own as a young man and understand his feelings toward his father. He acts as a guardian to Scout on most of their adventures, much to her chagrin. 3) Atticus Finch. Atticus is Scout and Jem's father.

He has a casual, friendly relationship with his children; as Scout puts it in chapter one, "Jem and I found our father satisfactory; he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment." Atticus is an attorney in Maycomb, and he becomes involved in an important trial when he agrees to defend a black man accused of rape. 4) Uncle Jack Finch. Jack is Atticus's younger brother, ten years Atticus's junior. He is a doctor living in the Boston area, but occasionally enters the events of the novel. Scout looks up to Uncle Jack and considers him to be much livelier than her own father. 5) Aunt Alexandra. Alexandra is Atticus's sister, and she simply cannot believe what a tomboy Scout is turning out to be. She attempts to take over Scout's education at one point in the novel, and tries to turn Scout into a proper little lady. She and Scout frequently butt heads. 6) Calpurnia. Calpurnia is the Finch's maid, and she is black. She acts as a surrogate mother figure to Scout and Jem, whose own mother died when Scout was two and Jem was six.

Scout and Calpurnia tend to argue a lot, but at the heart of their relationship is a strong bond. slide 3 of 3 The Residents of Maycomb Scout and Jem are surrounded by friends and family in Maycomb; as Scout tells us in the first chapter, "Atticus was related by blood or marriage to nearly every family in the town." Maycomb is a tired, sleepy old Southern town full of quite a cast of characters, including: 1) Miss Maudie Atkinson. Miss Maudie is the Finch's neighbor, and she frequently invites the children into her home and her heart. They consider her to be a good friend of the family, and she guides them through many of their life questions. 2) Mrs. Henry Dubose. "Mrs. Dubose was plain hell," according to Scout (chapter 1). Mrs. Dubose's house marks the northern boundary of Scout and Jem's boundaries during the summer. She is a mean old widow, but she fights a secret and courageous battle against a morphine addiction. 3) Boo Radley. Boo Radley is the reclusive neighbor whose house marks the southern boundary for Scout and Jem's adventures.

He secretly watches over the children and eventually saves them from harm at the end of the novel. He got into trouble as a teenager and became the prisoner of his own home - with his parents as the wardens, and later his brother - ever since. 4) Bob and Mayella Ewell. The Ewell family is dirt-poor, racist, and they live on the "bad side" of town. Mayella Ewell calls Tom Robinson into her home and kisses him; when her father finds out, he accuses Tom of rape and sets into motion the events leading to Tom's trial. Bob Ewell threatens Atticus during the novel and tries to attack the children in the end. 5) Walter Cunningham, Sr. and Jr. Walter Cunningham, Jr. is one of Scout's classmates. He comes from a poor family, and Scout invites him to come to her house for lunch and laughs at his poor manners. Mr. Cunningham leads the lynch mob that comes after Tom Robinson, but Scout manages to stop them by talking to him about his son. 6) Tom Robinson. Tom is the black man accused of raping Mayella Ewell. His guilty verdict is a symbol of the town's reluctance to slough off old racist views.

7) Heck Tate. Heck is the town sheriff; he is a good and honest lawman who tries to serve his town well. 8) Mr. Underwood. Mr. Underwood is the town's newspaper editor. He comes to Atticus's aid when the lynch mob comes after Tom. 9) Mr. Dolphus Raymond. Mr. Raymond is supposedly the town drunk, but in reality he only drinks Coca-Cola out of his brown paper bag. He prefers the company of the black residents of Maycomb, and it makes the white residents more comfortable to assume he only feels that way because he's always drunk. He helps Dill process his feelings after Tom's verdict is announced. 10) Charles Baker Harris, aka "Dill." Dill only comes to Maycomb during the summers. His first summertime visit to Maycomb marks the beginning of Scout and Jem's adventures trying to get Boo Radley to come out of his house. Dill's Aunt Rachel lives near the Finches. ◄ ● ● ● ► To Kill a Mockingbird A series of study guide articles on To Kill a Mockingbird, from character descriptions to plot summaries and an analysis of the novel's symbolism.

Question: What is the name of Atticus Finch's daughter, the narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Scout